americans in benghazi, libya when she was secretary of state. she claims it's political stunt to derail her campaign, but there's new information - eils from libya's ambassador - fueling allegations that clinton could've done more to protect diplomats on the ground. nbc's tracie potts is monitoring the hearing in washington.

secretararclinton's campaign." clinton beben by focusing on ambassador chris stevens and the four americans who died. hillary clinton / fmr. secretary of state (d) presidential candidate "i took responsibility, and as part of that before i left office, i launchch reforms to better protect people in the field." but she argues... to keep terrorism from growing, diplomats must continue to work in dangerous areas. "they can't do their jobs for us from bunkers." "retreat from the world is not an option." later this afternoon... tough questions: about emails... security - and inevitably - politics. speaking of politics, republican presidential candidate jeb bush tweeted this morning, calling benghazi security failures a "stunning example" of "incompetent foreign policy" and that clinton's role in that, deserves scrutiny. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> a new poll says donald trump is

by a republican rival in iowa. a quinnipiac university poll of likely iowa republican caucus-goers says ben carson now leads the g-o-p presidential field in the state with 28 percent. trump is second at 20 percent, followed by senator marco rubio at 13 percent and senator ted cruz at 10 percent. this is the first major poll showing trump trailing by a significant margin in an early primary or caucus state since june. the retired neurosurgeo n topped the poll with the help of women and white evangelicals, both of whom support carson by wide margins over trump. donald trump brings his presidential campaign to sioux city nexexweek. the republican will speak at west high school at 6:00pm tuesday. doors open at 4:00. this'll be trump's first visit to sioux city since officially entering the race. >

measurable rain in october in sioux city (.01") yesterday, we'll likely see a bit more than that over the next couple days. today will primarily be dry with a few isolated showers expected to pop up later on and become more widespread tonight. as this system moves northeastward, those showers will become fewer and farther between during the day friday and eventually dry up by friday evening. see graphics. >> a u.s. defense official says a military operation to rescue kurdish hostages in

resulted in one u.s. fatality. details are sketchy, but the official says the mission was carried out overnight west of kirkuk. one of the officials says the soldier was killed in a firefight at the scene. the uncle of one of the kurdish peshmerga fighters held prisoner says he was told that 70 hostages were freed in a mission involving u.s. paratroopers. one person is in custody after three ohio firefighters were held hostage last night. five amherst firefighters were called to a report of a brush fire. a man at the scene was attempting to burn leaves. when firefighters told the man to stop, officials say the man pulled out a rifle. three firefighters were then taken hostage. they were held for two hours. the situation resolved peacefully. and no one was hurt. students at umpqua community college in oregon held a memorial for those killed during a campus shooting earlier this month. the event was held at a local park and was led by the students themselves. there was drumming and musical performances by students.

organizers said the gathering was about the campus community coming together to support each other. "the students especially needed some closure and the staff as well, but the students needed to be able to do this themselves and bring closure to their feelings." the night ended with friends and family of the nine victims sharing stories about their loved ones. a boil advisory is now in effect in soldier, iowa, after the main valve in the city's pumphouse broke. crews were set to begin the morning. residents were asked to boil their water starting at 9am. meanwhile, a boil order has been lifted in cushing, iowa. that one started friday after a pump failed in the city's primary well. it's been repaired and the all clear has been given. the decorah, iowa eagles are getting a new home.. and they're getting some help from their human friends in building it. staff from the raptor resource center are building a new nest for the birds after their old one

was knocked down in a storm. brad hanson has the story.

things we were talking to bob anderson, our former director, before he died.. he was very excited about that. so really we've put something together that we would've done with him and now we've seen this great success." >> that was brad hanson reporting from decorah, iowa. meanwhile, work is nearly complete on a backup eagle cam. the new director says they should finish work on that second camera on a different nest sometime in the next month. meterologist ben dorenbach says we could be in for some rain. he'll be here with the forecast when we return. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's mostly sunny and 56 degrees

ben, it's been mostly cloudy here today.

rest of the week and weekend with some sunshine expected heading into early next week before another rain chance returns monday night and tuesday. see graphics. >> > coming up: the farm and financial report. a three-million dollar fine for a wireless carrier... and electricity from wood waste. how a siouxland community will soon be making power from stuff that normally goes to the landfill.

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stocks have been moving higher on wall street after some encouraging results from mcdonald's, ebay and other companies. sprint has agreed to pay nearly three million dollars in fines to settle charges it failed to notify some of its customers that they were being charged an extra monthly fee. the settlement with the f-t-c involves monthly fees of 7-dollars, 99-cents that were

added to the bills of customers with lower credit scores. the f-t-c says sprint failed to give many customers required information about why they were placed in a more costly program... and when sprint did notify them, it was often too late for them to select another mobile carrier. south sioux city, nebraska will soon be generating power from wood waste. trees, branches and shrubs that would otherwise be going to the landfill. ktiv's sam curtiss tells us it's part of the community's effort to "be green." with a shop vac, some metal, a few pipes, a generator and wood chips, you can produce electricity. if you know how to combine those things properly. "the process itself is older technology," said chris jeffries. "it's very simple." chris jeffries created this gasifier. he explained the process as using the shop vac to create negative pressure, while wood waste is heated in a separate

large cyclinder where gasses from unburned wood are then siphoned into a filter before feeding a generator. "it's a controlled combustion, a controlled pyrolysis," said chris jeffries. the city of south sioux city, nebraska, plans to plug in this technology. "we're trying to be self-sufficient and go as green as possible," said rod koch. mayor rod koch says using this gasifier will save the city $40,000 a year in electric costs. "it saves us from having to dispose of trees that are eventually going to die anyways because of this emerald borer ash," said rod koch. the unit will be much larger than this and will be placed here near the scenic park. as you can see they don't have the actual gasifier yet. the bioenergy unit is going to be hooked up to these transformers and the grid system which means the electricity is not just going to be used for campers or people in the park here, it could be used in households as well. "we're going to have about a ton and half capacity in their feed hopper," said chris jeffries. jeffries says upkeep is easy and the unit would only need filling about once a week. in south sioux city, nebraska, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. they hope to have the system up and running by christmas.

just ahead... they will be the coolest costumes in the neighborhood. an oregon dad spends months making costumes that will turn his sons' lives around.... if just for a day.

okoboji from okoboji skycam... one very creative oregon dad has

costumes for his two sons for months. that's because he transforms the boys' wheelchairs into elaborate costumes worthy of a movie screen. cathy marshall shows us.

while jayce was gronkle from how to train a dragon. (sot: son) "there was dragons and instead of killing them they made friends with the dragons" (sot: daniel saunders, builds costumes) "when keaton wears it in the front yard people stop and look at it and they're like whoa that is so cool" (nats) ryan and his wife lana have already lost 2 children to the form of muscular dystrophy which has keaton and bryce in wheelchairs - (sot: ryan weimer, father) "i'm not smart enough to come up with a cure but this is something i can do that has impacted my family in a positive way" last year he created the non profit magic wheelchair with the goal of organizing volunteers all over the world - (sot: ryan weimer, father) "just the other day a new york city fire station contacted us and said hey we as a department would like to build one of these" a kickstarter raised more than 25 thousand dollars for magic wheelchair so this year 8 other kids across the country will join bryce and keaton trick or treating (nats) "giant chocolate bars" in a one of a kind costume (nats: kid humming) >> that was cathy marshall reporting from keizer, oregon. right now, magic wheelchair has more than a hundred requests from kids. each one submits a

that was cathy marshall reporting from keizer, oregon. right now, magic wheelchair has more than a hundred requests from kids. each one submits a short video of how they want to transform their chair and why.

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some of the specifics about where that money goes that you raise? the last four years we've raised over $400,000 and that money has been used to upgrade equipment such as a breast mri machine, 3d mammography, surgery equipment for reconstruction at faith regional health services. so that we can keep services local and care local as opposed to having to travel out of town for services. as a breast cancer survivor, what's it like knowing that services are right there in your hometown or nearby? it's amazing. not only do you get excellent care, but you have the support of your family and friends and you can continue working if possible. you're in your own element and you can heal better, faster with your loved ones around you. give us some of the details of your upcoming event, february 17th you have your big fundraiser. it's called for the girls. it's a silent auction, an oral auction, there'll be an educational component to that. it's going to be held in norfolk nebraska, it's going to be at the defense center at 7:30. everyone is welcome to join. we have outstanding sponsorship and support. thank you both so much for being here. thank you. thank you for joining us for around siouxland. >>

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